jave
/ˈd͡ʒeɪv/noun
jave is spelled J-A-V-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jave means “A wave of water and ice released downstream when a fluvial ice jam breaks up catastrophically” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jave is javes.
How many letters and syllables are in jave?
| Letters | 4: J-A-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is jave?
Jave appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jave?
- /ˈd͡ʒeɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of jave
- javes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jave mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wave of water and ice released downstream when a fluvial ice jam breaks up catastrophically.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jave come from?
Contraction of ice-jam + release + wave. Coined by geoscientists Martin Jasek & Spyros Beltaos in 2008.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).